Chapter 98: Demon Saber, I Want It!
Ji Qing has arrived!
His gaze swept around; there were quite a few people.
However, Ji Qing automatically ignored those below first-rate expert level.
Only a few first-rate experts remained, worthy of Ji Qing giving them a slightly longer glance.
Ji Qing was no longer the same as before.
Through Listen to the Wind Tower’s intelligence system, Ji Qing had learned the characteristics of many first-rate experts in Jianghu.
He compared them one by one.
“You two are from Lingnan Song Family, ‘Hidden Saber’ Song Yan and ninth-generation ‘Divine Saber’ Song Yi, right? So, the ones who ambushed and tried to intercept me outside the desolate temple earlier were your Lingnan Song Family’s saber users?”
Ji Qing’s words made Song Yan and Song Yi’s faces change.
Although they were confident that the two of them together could rampage through Jianghu.
This did not include “Ji Qing.”
If they encountered “Ji Qing,” neither had any confidence at all.
Therefore, Ji Qing’s words made Song Yan and Song Yi extremely tense; both gripped their saber hilts.
However, Ji Qing had no intention of making a move.
His gaze shifted and turned toward the old beggar.
“Jiangnan Divine Beggar, Chu Xiong! I’ve heard that the Divine Beggar has quite a heroic reputation in the Jiangnan region.”
Ji Qing also recognized the old beggar.
“Mister Ji overpraises me; this old beggar has only done some insignificant things.”
Chu Xiong had previously disdained everything, even Lingnan Song Family; Chu Xiong didn’t take them seriously.
But Ji Qing’s single compliment made Chu Xiong delighted deep inside.
His mouth spoke humble words, but the smile at the corners of his mouth couldn’t be suppressed.
Ji Qing’s gaze shifted again, looking toward the woman in the red dress.
This woman in the red dress had a seductive and charming appearance, but it stirred no waves in Ji Qing’s heart.
“Madam Peony, trapped by love, wounded by love; she appears debauched and unrestrained, but all those she killed brought it upon themselves, without a single wrongful kill!”
Ji Qing’s words shocked Madam Peony to the core.
For so many years, everyone cursed her as a venomous woman, ruthless and cruel, with a debauched lifestyle.
But she had never met Ji Qing before, yet Ji Qing had seen right through her at a glance.
Just this one sentence moved Madam Peony deeply, nearly bringing tears; she could only force a smile and say: “Mister Ji’s one sentence has delighted this slave’s heart! If not for this ruined body of mine, this slave might have offered herself to repay you…”
Ji Qing turned his gaze again toward the couple carrying the large drum on their backs.
“Blood Drum Couple, fourth on the Villain Ranking; initially ranked even higher than me! It’s said that when the blood drum sounds, families are destroyed and lives lost! They’ve already massacred over a hundred households, their fierce reputation resounding in the Northwest, enough to stop children’s night cries.”
Back then, Ji Qing was fifth on the Villain Ranking, while fourth was the Blood Drum Couple.
“Mister Ji isn’t bad either; now he’s already at the top of the Villain Ranking!”
The burly man grinned.
“But I don’t like it!”
“Hm?”
The Blood Drum Couple’s faces suddenly changed.
The surrounding air seemed to grow much colder all at once.
Everyone looked up and saw heavy snow like goose feathers falling from the sky.
The surroundings had also turned into a vast snowfield.
Someone stretched out a hand, and a snowflake drifted into their palm.
“So cold!”
These snowflakes felt surprisingly real?
However, the several first-rate experts felt their hearts sink.
Saber Momentum!
They knew this was “Astonishing Swan Saber” Ji Qing’s saber momentum.
But had the saber momentum already reached the point of being indistinguishable from reality?
Truly terrifying!
However, the others merely found it terrifying.
But the Blood Drum Couple felt as if their bodies were being pricked by needles; invisible blade edges seemed ready to cut them into fragments.
“Mister Ji, we have no grudge or enmity…”
The burly man shouted loudly.
“I said, I don’t like it!”
As Ji Qing’s words fell.
“Clang.”
Ji Qing drew sword.
Blade light brilliant like a starry river, slashing across the sky.
Even amid the vast white snowflakes filling the sky, it was strikingly vivid.
The Blood Drum Couple roared and placed the large drum in front of them, trying to block this blade light.
“Crack.”
Ji Qing had already sheathed his saber.
The blade light disappeared.
The snowflakes and snowfield also vanished.
Even the cold air disappeared.
Ji Qing stood in place, as if he hadn’t moved at all.
And the distant Blood Drum Couple?
Their eyes widened slightly as they lowered their heads.
“Crash.”
The large drum split in two from the middle, shattering instantly.
And on both their throats, a bloodstain had already appeared.
“Crack.”
The next moment, ice power burst forth.
The blood spraying from the Blood Drum Couple’s throats instantly froze.
The two had already turned into ice sculptures!
Silence!
The area around the desolate temple suddenly became utterly quiet, as if one could hear a pin drop.
Those were the Blood Drum Couple!
Two proper first-rate experts!
And yet, they died just like that?
Moreover, with merely one saber slash!
Everyone around the desolate temple felt an inexplicable shock.
A man’s fame is like a tree’s shadow.
They say “when Astonishing Swan Saber appears, heads fall”; now it seemed true!
However, the most shocked were “Hidden Saber” Song Yan and ninth-generation “Divine Saber” Song Yi.
After all, they were both saber users.
Especially Song Yi; as Lingnan Song Family’s ninth-generation “Divine Saber,” he was very confident in his own saber technique.
He had even wanted to contend with Ji Qing for the title of Number One Saber of Jianghu.
But now?
After seeing Ji Qing’s saber slash, Song Yi no longer had such thoughts.
If it were him, he couldn’t block that saber slash either!
“Saber momentum… and Major Accomplishment Saber Momentum! Indistinguishable from reality, overwhelming with momentum; Mister Ji’s saber momentum has reached major accomplishment!”
“Mister Ji’s ‘Astonishing Swan Saber’ was once merely a third-rate saber technique, but now, this obscure ‘Astonishing Swan Saber’ slew two first-rate experts with one slash—who would dare underestimate it?”
“There have long been rumors that Mister Ji is the Number One Saber of Jianghu… But after all, Lingnan Song Family had never clashed with Mister Ji, so it wasn’t certain. But now, with Song Yan and Song Yi right here, do they dare to take Mister Ji’s saber slash?”
“From tonight onward, Mister Ji is the Number One Saber of Jianghu!”
Song Yan and Song Yi didn’t speak.
But both their hands gripping their sabers were trembling.
Madam Peony and Jiangnan Divine Beggar also looked grave, their gazes falling on the ice sculptures that the Blood Drum Couple had become.
A first-rate expert, casually slaughtered by Ji Qing.
If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they absolutely wouldn’t dare believe it.
But now, the fact was right before them; they had no choice but to believe!
However, the most excited was the ten-year-old boy Yan Changtian behind Ji Qing.
He knew “Astonishing Swan Saber” was strong, but he hadn’t expected it to be this strong?
Moreover, he had finally witnessed the rumored “Astonishing Swan Saber Technique.”
The result? One word: fast!
Fast enough to chill the heart!
When saber technique reaches a certain speed, no martial arts matter anymore.
This was Astonishing Swan Saber Technique—simple, unadorned, and deadly!
Moreover, after Ji Qing slew the Blood Drum Couple with one saber slash, everyone in the field fell deathly silent.
What tremendous prestige!
Even Yan Family’s ancestors through the generations probably couldn’t achieve such prestige and dominance.
Ji Qing had no background, no connections, no profound martial arts.
Yet he stood at the pinnacle of Jianghu with just one man and one saber!
At this moment, Yan Changtian gazed at the figure before him—not particularly tall, but immensely majestic.
A seed had already been planted in his young mind.
Perhaps in the future, this seed would take root, sprout, and grow into a towering tree!
Ji Qing scanned the surroundings, his gaze passing over the many people of Jianghu one by one.
“Demon Saber, it’s mine!”
As his words fell, the field fell silent!
